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I like chamfers as much as I like grits. And making stop-chamfers with a little lamb’s tongue detail at the end is like adding crispy pork belly and goat cheese...

When I need tapered legs for the tables I make, I don't set up the tablesaw.     All I have to do is mark the lay-out lines on the leg blank,...

Once the dowel was made and the holes were formed, I whittled down the neck base so it will fit better into the "V" shape socket on the sculpture. I...

After I finished carving the head I turned to do the more accurate task of shaping and installing the neck to the body.   Firstly I cut the neck base...

Took my wife to the city for her birthday earlier this week. Spent the day in the art museum. Easy to be overwhelmed in the presence of such great works...

I’m reading the latest issue of PWW and enjoying the discussions of fine art therein. George Walker’s column is overtly artistic. I think this is another great move by The...

Every now and then, I get a board or two.     No real project for just a single board.     I usuallyjust make a shelf , fancy or not, depending on both...

Those of you who follow my personal woodworking blog know that I have been selling off a lot of my excess tools and upgrading my shop at home. Since August,...

If you have been following Peter Follansbee’s blog then you know that he has been working on an interesting commission for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston brand new “Art...

I had a small. portable 10" tablesaw. like you might see at a job-site.     During one of several moves from place to place, it's "stock" fence was [...]

I had some of that old floor board pine left over, plus some 2×6 stock from a beam.    Neighbor wanted a bench for his porch.   Hmm..    Happened to [...]

When I teach people to sharpen I notice a bad habit that many of them have: They think that rubbing the tool against a stone is sharpening. The more they...